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tn provide wml usted may bejconnected to thebarrel B to slide thereon in any manner preferred, the construction here shown being in accordance with a convenient form` In the drawing the head C is illustrated ashaving a' hub `or flange c fitted to the reduced end l of the barrel B; while the other head C" has its hub c arranged toslide within the enlargedy bore bv at the opposite end of the barrel. there the. end of thebarrel B is reduced in .diameter at L a shoulder is formed at 62 and between this and the end of the hub c is a coiled spring S surrounding the barrel B and tending to force the head C outr' 'wardly thereon. At the opposite end of the" :beam a` similar spring S" is arranged vbetwe'enthe end of the barrel B and the flange of the head C and acts to force, the latter outwardly away from the .head C. It will be noted that the endsv of the Vribs r project beyond the ends ofthe main portion of the barrel B and the springs S and S are arf ranged 'beneath these overlying extensions of theribs. It is also to be noted that the heads C andC are provided with suitably spaced lrecesses/or openings o2 into which the ends-of the ribs rproject to afford a clearance space to allowthe heads to be slid toward each other on the barrel B. This arrangement provides -forwinding the yarn on the barrel B to its full'length, clear up to the inner faces of the flanges C and C,

without obstructing the sliding movement of the heads or interfering with the action of the springs `S and S. In other words, the` yarn can be wound to the full extent of the yspace between the flanges C and C and the -mass will be supported at the ends bythe edat l to enter the screw-threaded holes of the lugs b3, b which project inwardly from the walls of the barrel B. Any suitable number of bolts D may be used for drawing the heads C and C together on the barrel B or any equivalent means may be substituted in their place. It will be noted that the head C is formed with a relatively large axial opening c while the opposite head C has a smaller square hole c4 as illustrated more particularly in Fig. 2lfllhe square hole 04 is provided to receive a squared shaft from which the beam is rotatedgin the machine which V'operates to wind the yarn onto its barrel. Usually one or b oth of' the .endheads or flanges ,l C has its rim formed maier? with a circumferential groove c5 adapted to receive the-brake-band of the tension or letolf device through which the unwindmg of the beam4 is controlled.

My improved beam is adaptable for varias applied particularly to dyeing, bleaching,

KYous and sundrv purposes in the textile art oxidizing, steaming, washing and similar processes of treating yarn or other materials. It may be employed either as a jack` spool or a warp-beam and is applied to useA in the following mannen Referring to Fig. l, this shows my improved beam with the' heads C and Cl in their extreme, outwardl positions at the ends of the barrel B and with this adjustment the beam ls lready to receive the yarn l or .other material to be wound thereon. -The yarn be wound onto the barrel B in vany usual manner to lill the. space between the heads C, C and when then winding is completed the material is next compacted and compressed to take care of the natural shrinkage that ordinarily takes place during the dyeing or other process.,v This compression of the material is accomplished most easily and :con`

veniently by simply turning up the screws or bolts D to force the two heads C, C" toward each other on the barrel B. v.Through this means the yarn-mass surrounding the barrel of the beam is compacted and rendei-ed more dense so-that when the material is saturated it'will not shrink away from the heads C; C. After the material has thus been compressed longitudinally of the sup` port or. barrel B 'the beam is ,applied to the dyeing machine and one of its ends is connected to the supply-pipe thereof while the opposite end is closed by a suitable stopper or cap. Now, when the dye-liquor or other fluid is pumped into the opening in the barrel B the pressure will force it radially ont` ward through :the openings 7L, whence it will permeate 'theffwhole massl of the yarn or other matexia-l surrounding the barrel. As beforeexpiained, the projections orribs r on the periphery of the barrel B serve to hold the material away from the openings so that the Huid will have a freer flow along the length of the beam and will con` sequently have easier access to all parts of the mass surrounding its barrel.

I am awarethat it has before been proposed to employ spools or beams with tubular, porous 'barrels for dyeing `material wound thereon. Heretofore, however, such beams have usually been constructed with rigid barrels having fixed heads without any provision for compressing the material longitudinally of the barrel.

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and matted together so as to preve'nt it from unwinding after the dyeing operation is completed. This causes uneven dyeing and waste of the material which cannot be unwound from the tangled mass at the ends ot' the beam. 1n some cases, to avoid this ditliculty, it has been proposed to employ a spool or beam having removable heads which can be slid along the barrel, but without some eliicient means for the adjustment of the heads such a beam has been found to be crude and unu'ieldly. That is to say, it is necessary in compressing the yarn-mass longitudinally of the barrel of the beam to provide a relatively powerful yet conveniently operated means to dran' the beam-heads together, and it is to accomplish this purpose that my present improvement was devised. It will be seen that my improved beam is not only simple in structure and easy to operate for the purpose intended, but also it has a. maximum eiliciency particularly arrangement for exposing the material wound on its barrel to the action of the dyeliquor or other bath.

lt will be understood that I do not herein claim broadly the arrangement of a beam or spool haring,r end-ianges or heads adjustable longitudinally of its barrel, but

lVhat l do claim is 1- 1. In a beam or spool for use. in dyeing or similar processes, the combination with a tubular, ribbed, barrel having perforated 'alls. ot end-heads mounted to slide on said barrel, and maniMilly-operable means to ad- ]ust the heads toward each other longitudi- "nally of the barrel to compress the mass of material wound thereon.

ln a beam or spool for use in dyeing or other similar processes, the con'iination with a tubular, porous barrel having radi-- ally-projectinfr, longitudinal ribs on its periphery, of heads mounted on the ends of the barrel and adapted to slide over the ribs, springs for maintaining the heads in their extended relation on the barrel, and manually-operable means for sliding the heads toward each other on the barrel against the, action of the springs. i

3. In a beam or spool for use in dyeing or similar processes, the coml'iination with a `tubular barrel formed With longitudinal ribsv on its peripheryand openings leading from its interior into the spaces between the ribs, end-heads formed with hubs adapted to slide on the barrel, coiled springs underly ing the ribs on the barrel and arranged to maintain the heads in extended relation at the ends of the beam, and mannally-adjustable means forv forcing said heads toward each other against the action of the springs.

1n testimony Whereoic I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'JOHN T. Woon.

W'itnesses: i

Hnnnnn'r K. ALLARD, Gno. A. XVI-urn, Jr. 

